Reviews Zaiitoon

Great food! Very traditional authentic Afghan type food. We tried some curries, kabali rice chapali kebabs ( you get 3 huge kebabs and giant naan per portion and the highlight the huge family platter. Everything was full of flavour with lovely balance of herbs and spices. Very attentive service from all the staff as we had a table of 16. The restaurant does tend to be popular so book ahead or you will have to wait. It’s a casual spot full of families etc nothing pretentious but the food is spot on full of flavour with quality tender meat and flavours.

Food was great! Service was 8/10. The atmosphere was meh, staff and cooks were shouting with each other - it wasn't relaxing enough..

Best Qabuli Pulao in Slough with generous portions. Chicken and Lamb curry was one of the best I had! Recommend for any non veg lovers

Food so good you willingly get cheated and walk through skid row to get to it. We have a lot of experience eating curries in Asia, North America and Europe, and yet when we tasted the lamb curry with afghan naan, we knew that no curry we have eaten could come close to this. The chicken biryani they served was almost as good, and so was the chicken Jalfrezi combined with pallow rice. Whether it be Sri Lankan, Pakistani, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, nothing beats Zaitoon. It's too bad I don't live in Europe or I would come here every day. Please note that Zaitoon is located in the most sketchy part of Slough, about 10min bus ride from Heathrow, and you will be walking past boarded up shopping malls, garbage on the streets, and lots of young men loitering around looking at you menacingly (For you North Americans kinda like Detroit), but the food is so good you have to go. Just make sure you finish and leave the area before dark. My family and I got diarrhea that night, but after emptying our colons we just opened up the takeout boxes and continued eating. Also when I said "cheated", what I meant was that the waiters/waitresses clearly knew we ordered too much because we didn't know portion sizes (we ordered approx 5kg of food for 3 people, e.g. they didn't tell us a side of naan is approx 2ft x 1ft or 65cm x 30cm), but they said nothing to warn us. But after digging into the first bite it was so good we had no regrets. We packed it up and took it on a plane to Switzerland because we couldn't bear to leave it in England. Pro tip, any clothes you are wearing while in Zaitoon, need to be washed ASAP or you will walk around for 2-3 days smelling like curry.

Was the first time ate there, excellent food, and especially Charsi Karahi, Naan. Parking is an issue if find space easily. I will definitely recommend it to everyone who loves quality food.